Subscribe to updates');
document.write('TRADERS Futures has been an essential site for active traders and professional investors and sophisticated investors for more than 15 years.Three years ago, we revised Futures magazine and introduced Modern Trader, expanding our editorial coverage beyond futures and options to include the global equities markets and cryptocurrencies.Our new publication promptly received numerous editorialand design awards and was namedBest Business-to-Business Magazine of 2017The reformatting, redesign and relaunch successes of Modern Trader has caused us to turn our attention to this digital platform.It is time that we up our game.We are going to take some time away from our regular daily editorial production on this site to reformat.Please add your email to our list and we will be sure to let you know when we relaunch! email *');
document.write('

');
document.write('

Making drones work for you');
document.write('Stories involving drones have been a mix of science fiction, military strategy and future commerce. Think of the 1960’s cartoon, The Jetsons.The technical name for a drone is Unmanned Aerial Vehicle (UAV). A UAV can be either remotely piloted or it can be an autonomous vehicle. The history of drones dates as far back as 1849. Austrians equipped balloons with bombs that had timing devices on their fuses. The intended target was Venice. The wind was not correctly accounted for, however. As many bombs blew back across Austrian lines as there were exploded over Venice.');
document.write('

');
document.write('

CTAs vs Central Banks: The QE Effect');
document.write('In January 2015 at a Managed Funds Association conference I presented findings on the apparent relationship between commodity trading advisor (CTA) drawdowns and the Federal Reserve balance sheet, specifically the outright held securities part of it). The theme of the panel, and a subsequent research paper was: “Managed Futures and CTAs — Where are We and What\'s Next?”');
document.write('

Pardo: System designer has another upgrade');
document.write('Bob Pardo taught himself computer programming as he anticipated the direction of trading back in the 1980s when he was in charge of floor operations for Salomon brothers and worked on supporting the execution of trading legend John Meriwether’s hedge fund.“I bought an Apple II [and] taught myself programming. I wanted to use it to create trading signals and do market analysis,” Pardo says.');
document.write('

');
document.write('

Keys in designing quant strategies');
document.write('Building trading algorithms can be a complex, expensive and draining endeavor, but new platforms are making it available to ordinary traders.');
document.write('

NZD/JPY collapses as NZ Business Confidence hits lowest level in decade');
document.write('What is a trend? There are countless ways to answer that question, but I’ve always been partial to perhaps the simplest definition: an uptrend is when an asset moves from the lower left to the upper right corner of the chart, and a downtrend is when it moves from the upper left to the lower right corner.');
document.write('

');
document.write('

Sentiment bruised by Tariff plans; Emerging markets tumble');
document.write('Asian stocks were under renewed selling pressure this morning as global trade concerns and chaos across emerging markets weighed on risk appetite. Global trade developments have certainly placed investors on an emotional roller-coaster ride this week with the initial optimism over NAFTA talks outweighed by U.S.-China concerns. Market sentiment is likely to remain cautious, especially after President Donald Trump threatened to withdraw the United States from the World Trade Organisation.');
document.write('